World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 13 | Page 16
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MY GOODBYE TO WOW
t all began about 10 years
Since my friends were playing
By Bosseffs
Peninsula, it was really outlandish.
ago when a couple of
Human and Dwarfs they could easily
Playing through the zones of
friends of mine wanted
group up but I was so far away or
Outland was probably one of the
at least it seemed like it at that
best experiences in WoW, there
time. Eventually I got on the boat
was so much to see and do.
to try playing WoW.
At this time it was generally
and headed towards them and we
considered a bad thing to be a
decided to go into the Deadmines,
geek and WoW was instant geek
it was my very first dungeon so I
doing normal dungeons and getting
stamp. But things have turned out
didn’t really know what to expect
keys for heroics and so on. After a
for the better as it’s not a negative
but I remember I stole a blue shield
while me and my friends got invited
thing to be a geek anymore.
from a rare mob that spawn in there
to a guild and started raiding for
and the tank was not happy about it.
the first time. It was something I
So we all tried the 10 days trial
and started playing, it was really
When we got to 70 we started
was not prepared for, I didn’t really
So we continued to play and
know what I was getting myself
confusing and much to see at first
getting into all sorts of adventures,
but once you get the hang of it you’ll
however we were pretty slow and
let yourself immerse in this new
didn’t get to level 60 before TBC.
world. My very first character was a
We went through the dark portal
that time was me getting loot
female Night Elf Druid that I named
and what a chock we got. It was
from almost every boss, since I
Lartheria, I know it’s a cheesy name.
so strange to discover Hellfire
was the only resto Druid and I was
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